The Fiorentina midfielder is awake, conscious, and responding well after his on-field collapse. He remains hospitalized but is showing excellent progress.

Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove is awake and alert in hospital, his club said on Monday, after he collapsed during a Serie A match against Inter Milan on Sunday.

On Sunday, December 1 the match between Fiorentina and Inter was interrupted and the abandoned in the 17th minute when Italian midfielder Edoardo Bove collapsed on the pitch. The 22-year-old was stretchered off the pitch and placed into an ambulance in the corner before leaving the Stadio Artemio Franchi and being transported to Careggi hospital in Florence.